Buttercream Striped Wedding Cake with White Flowers and Greenery

Here is my latest wedding cake adventure for my friend Camile and her new hubby Austin.  It is a vanilla cake from this White Almond Sour Cream Cake recipe and buttercream icing, recipe found here.  Camile had her reception in a nursery/greenhouse and this cake fit in just perfectly!  Congratulations to Camile and Austin!

Sugar Cookie Heaven

If you take a peek at the post previous to this one, you will see that I baked 200 mini cupcakes and, as a result, had a lot of frosting leftover from those cupcakes so what’s a girl to do?  Make sugar cookies of course! The cookies are Bakery Style Sugar Cookies from this recipe. … Continue reading →

Tiny Treats for Sodaprom!

My daughter Courtney is a regional manager for a company called Sodalicious and they had their annual Sodaprom this weekend.  She asked me if I would make 200 mini cupcakes and 200 brownie cups for the prom so I of course said yes! You can find the recipe for these, which are formally called Tuxedo … Continue reading →

Mini Samoa Pies

My friend Niki is having a baby girl so we partied it up this weekend at a baby shower in her honor.  When I saw this recipe, I knew it was perfect for the shower.  They were delicious! 1 refrigerated pie crust, softened as per package instructions 1/3 cup chocolate chips 1/3 cup chocolate candy … Continue reading →

Ding Dong Cake

With it’s chocolate ganache topping and it’s creamy filling, this cake is killer!  (In a good way!) cake 1 fudge chocolate cake mix 1 small (3.9 oz) box instant chocolate pudding mix 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup sour cream 4 eggs 3/4 cup oil 3/4 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla filling 5 tablespoons flour 1 … Continue reading →

Mexican Beef and Pasta

This dinner hit all the buttons for my family, basically it’s taco pasta and it was yummy!! And easy to make!  My two favorite things. 3 cups pasta 1 pound lean ground beef 1 onion, chopped 2 (14 1/2 oz each) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 can … Continue reading →